INTEGRATED TEACHING OF ORGANIC SYSTEMS: PROPOSAL OF AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH IN HEALTH EDUCATION

Abstract

The need for motivating pedagogical strategies that awaken a student who is a protagonist and with the ability to argue scientifically and critically motivated the realization of this study, which had as its general objective to elaborate and analyze the application of an investigative didactic sequence about the integration of the human body and health developed in the light of meaningful learning and allied to a non-formal space of education.   The research was developed with 30 students from the 3rd year of high school in a public school in the city of Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais and had 3 stages: 1 Elaboration and descriptive analysis of the application of the didactic sequence; 2 Analysis of the students' conception, and 3 Analysis of the students' perception of the application of the investigative didactic sequence. An investigative didactic sequence was elaborated using Digital Information and Communication Technologies on the theme "The influence of physical exercise on the human body". Through the interpretation of data produced and collected from the application of the activities of the didactic sequence and semi-structured questionnaires, it was possible to identify that 26 students fully agreed with the statement "The systems of the human body work in an integrated way". In the descriptive analysis of the application of the investigative didactic sequence, it was possible to perceive, through the reports, the making of videos and concept maps of the students: students' enthusiasm to leave traditional education; integrated understanding of the concepts addressed by the theme; curiosity aroused by the investigative context; interest in using digital technologies in activities and in seeking scientific information to explain phenomena experienced in everyday life. When assessing the students' perception of the SDI applied, 28 answered affirmatively to the question "Did you enjoy participating in the activities of the investigative didactic sequence? Why? " and 19 of these students listed the acquisition of knowledge about the human body as their main reason. And 2 students stated that they did not like the activities applied, as they found them laborious and difficult. All students participating in the study reported that the visit to the Center for Education and Communication in Life Sciences / UFMG contributed to their learning. Therefore, it is considered that the research provided students with an autonomous construction of knowledge and understandings about important concepts of science in the context of health education and provided conditions for meaningful learning.